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Description: | Photograph of the Sasivakallu Ganesha, a monolithic statue of Ganesha on the road to Hampi, Vijayanagara, taken by Thomas Biggs in 1855, from the collection of 'Photographs of views of temples &c in the South Mahratta country. Presented by H. Newton Esq. 23/4/72'. The statue of a seated Ganesha in this view, known as the Sasivakallu Ganesha, is 2.4 metres high and has been carved in a monolithic boulder. It is installed in an open-pillared mandapa near a plain shrine south-east of Hemakuta Hill. The elephant god is represented with ornaments and a serpent tied as a belt around his full belly. Further to the south there is a slightly smaller statue, the Kadalekalu Ganesha, in an open-pillared shrine. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Art Sculpture Leisure And The Arts Architecture | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Biggs, Thomas | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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